Grain dump and elevator



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No. 410,336. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARQUIS F. SEELEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GRAIN DUMP AND ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,336, dated September 3, 1889. Application filed May7,1888. Serial No. 273,024. on model.)

f all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARQUIS F. SEELEY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain Dumps and Elevators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

vention, part being shown in section and part broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same, taken upon line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, taken upon line 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken upon line at 4 of Fig. 3. Fig.5 is a cross-section taken upon line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional elevation taken upon line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 isa plan view of a tread-power diiferin g somewhat from that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the same, taken upon line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a detail section of the same, taken upon line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a plan view of an elevating device and dump containing two tread-powers. Fig. 11 is a detail section taken upon line 11 11 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a plan View, partly broken away, of a dump and elevating apparatus combined with means for delivering grain or ear-corn thereto from an adjacent bin or crib. Fig. 13 is a vertical section of the same,- taken upon line 13 13 of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a vertical section taken upon line 14: 14 of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a sectional view of the dump-platform, taken upon line 13 13 of Fig. 12, illustrating another construction in a horizontal conveyer. Fig. 16 is a horizontal vertical section of a dump-platform, illustrating a modified construction in the tread-power and a novel construction in movable guards for confining the horses upon the tread-power. Fig. 17

isa cross-section of the same, taken upon line y as a whole a dump-platform consisting of a horizontal flooring A, which is elevated above the ground commonly about four or five feet, and inclined driveways A A to allow the passage of a horse and wagon to and from the top of the platform. The said platform is herein shown as self-contained or separate from any other structure, so that it is in a measure portable and may be moved from place to place. The platform may, however, be permanently erected or may form part of a storage or other building.

B B are two dump-timbers arranged in slots in the floor A of the platform and sustained upon pivots b b in such manner that a wagon supported thereon may be tipped or tilted by the swinging of the dump-timbers, as heretofore common in wagon-dumps.

b b are guide-strips upon the dump-timbers and b b curved guides upon the platform to direct the wagon-wheels to proper position upon the timbers, as common in wagon-dumps as heretofore made.

C is a hopper located beneath an opening a. in the floor A at the rear of the dump timbers. The said opening a is provided with a door A, which is closed when the horses are passing over the opening, and is opened to allow the grain discharged from the wagon to enter the hopper. The walls of said hopper C slope laterally, and said hopper discharges into an elevator-boot D, through which passes an elevator-belt E, by which the grain passing from the hopper to the boot is elevated and discharged into a spout F, by means of which it may be delivered at a desired point.

As herein illustrated, the elevator-beltEis a chain belt carrying a series of buckets, the belt being carried overa sprocket-wheel E in the boot D and over two elevated pulleys E E arranged to bring the belt into such position that the buckets will discharge freely into the spout F. Said spout may be carried D is mounted upon a horizontal shaft D,

whieh passes through the side of the boot and beneath the dump-platform and has suitable bearings upon the same. Said shaft D is provided with a sprocket-wheel D by means of which the shaft is driven.

G is a tread-power, adapted for actuation by a horse or horses and located in' or upon the platform A at a point in advance of the dump-timbers B B, and in such position that when a wagon is resting upon the dump-timbers the horses attached thereto will stand upon the tread-power. The said tread-power, as shown in Figs. 1 to 6, consists of twoshafts G G provided with sprocket-wheels g g, over which is placed the belt G composed of slats attached to chains, as heretofore common and well known. The shaft G is extended past the bearings a a which are attached to longitudinal beams a ct of the frame at either side of the belt G and is provided with additional bearings a a at its ends, herein shown as attached to the side walls of the dump-platform. Upon the said shaft G is secured a sprocket-wheel G, over which passes a chain belt G, by means of which motion is communicated to the sprocket-wheel D upon the elevator-shaft D, over which sprocket-wheel the said chain belt also passes.

For holding the treadpower from movement at the time the horses are drawing the wagon forward to its place upon the dump-timbers,

and for starting and stopping it at desired times, any suitable locking or holding device maybe employed. As shown in the drawings, a friction-brake is for this purpose applied to a pulley H upon the shaft G, such brake having the advantage of enabling the operator to control the movements and speed of the tread-power in starting and stopping it,

and at other times, as well as to hold the same immovable when necessary.

As shown in the drawings, Figs. 3, 5, and 6, II is the hand-lever of the friction-brake, which hand-lever is mounted upon the platform and is attached to one end of a brakestrap H, the opposite end of which is secured to a stationary support and which passes around a pulley I1 secured to the shaft G. By moving the hand-lever the strap may be tightened or loosened and the rotation of the shaft either entirely stopped or checked, as desired. The stopping or checking device is of special advantage in cases where nervous or inexperienced horses are employed to operate the machine, the operator being able by its use to control the movements of the belt while the horses are becoming accustomed to its movement-as, for instance, by allowing it to move slowly at first.

In the device shown in Figs. 1 to 6 the tread-power belt is arranged horizontally, so that the power is obtained solely by the pulling of the horses against the traces which are attached to the wagon, which latter will be secured so as to prevent any movement thereof during the operation of the treadpower. The latter may, however, be inclined in such manner that the power is exerted by the weight of the horse,in a manner herein shown and hereinafter set forth. The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The wagon ladened with grain which is to be deposited in a bin, crib, or other receptacle, is drawn by the horses into position upon. the dumptiinbers B B and the latter and the Wagon are tipped to dischargethe grain into the hopper C. As soon as the grain begins to run into said hopper, the tread-power is started and the grain running into the elevator-boot from the hopper is elevated as it runs into the boot, the discharge of the grain from the wagon usually being regulated or controlled by a gate or otherwise, so that the grain is elevated as fast as it is passed from the wagon into thehopper and boot. 7

In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 I have shown a construction in the tread-power wherein the latter is so arranged that it may be inclined when in use. In this instance the tread-power comprises a slotted belt I, two shafts I I, mounted in side bars I 1 which are pivot-ally supported upon the frame-timbers a a by means of pivots 2' 1', Fig. 9, herein shown as made of tubular form, said shafts being provided with sprocket-wheels I I for supporting the belt I. The side bars I I are rigidly connected with each other by means of crossbars 1" i, and the pivoted frame is held in and shifted to a desired regular angular position by means of a pinion 6 mounted in a standard 1 upon the platform and engaging a curved rack 1*, attached to one of the side bars I A third shaft I is mounted in and extends through the tubular pivots i 1', and is provided with sprocket-wheels 1, engaging chain belts forming part of the slotted belt of the tread-power. The shaft I is em- "ployed to transmit the motion of the treadpower to the elevator, and may be provided with a sprocket-wheel for a drive-chain and friction controlling device like those employed in connection with the shaft G. (Shown in Figs. 1 to 6.) It may sometimes be found desirable to employ for working the elevating apparatus a horse or horses other than those belonging to the wagon in which the grain is hauled to the elevator-as, for instance, the owner of the elevator may desire to employ his own team to actuate the treadlpower, instead of relying upon the horses belonging to the wagon for this purpose.

To provide an elevating device which may be operated in either of the ways above referred to, I employ the construction shown in Figs. 10 and 11. As shown in Fig. 10, J is a tread-power located at one side of the treadpower G in an extension A of the platform IIO power G in all particulars. Both tread-powers are adapted for' connection with theelemeeting ends of the shaft, and K is a drivechain passing over said sprocket-wheel and serving as a medium for the transmission of power to the elevator. The hub, of said sprocket-wheel is provided at both ends with teeth or cogs, adapted to interlock with corresponding teeth or cogs upon sliding clutchsleeves k 7c, mounted upon the shafts G and J at opposite sides of the sprocket-wheel. The said clutch-sleeves are actuated separately by means of hand-levers K K connected Wit-h the sleeves in the usual manner. By the use of said clutches either or both of the shafts G J may be coupled with the sprocketwheel K in an obvious manner.

The clutch device is desirably so arranged that both tread-powers may be placed in gear with the sprocket-wheel K in order that the horses belonging to the wagon may be utilized, in addition to other horses, in case greater power is required for driving the elevator than is afforded by a single pair of horses.

In Figs. 12, 13, and 14 I have shown an attachment to a dump and elevator adapted for delivering ear-corn or grain to the elevatorbelt from a storage-bin or ear-corn crib. In this instance L is a corn or other grain crib or bin, at one side of which the elevator and dump is located, and which is provided with a hopper-bottom L L, sloping to a transverse trough or channel L arranged at right angles to the sides of the dump-platform. L is a sliding cover for said trough. M is an endless-belt carrier, the upper part of which moves through the said trough L Said endless-belt carrier consists of a chain belt M, provided with transverse conveyer-flights on m, which move through the trough L carrying the grain thereon with them. The chain belt M passes around a sprocket-wheel M mounted upon the frame of the bin at the inner end of the trough L and around a second sprocket-Wheel M mounted upon the dump-platform over the inlet-opening of the elevator-boot D. The bottom of the trough L is cut away adjacent to the wheel M to allow the upward passage into the trough of the chain belt and flights.

If is a detachable trough, forming an extension of the trough L and reaching to a point over the inlet-opening of the elevatorboot.

In the common use of the bin the slide L p The tread-power J may be like the treadis allowed to remain in position to support the grain and prevent its enteringthetrough L When,however,it isdesiredto' deliver to the elevator the grain within the'bin, the

slide is drawn out, allowing the grain to enter the trough. Motion being given to the belt-carrier in a direction to move the flights m m along the trough L toward the elevatorboot, the grain will be carried by" the said flights through the troughs L and I and will fall into the boot, out of which it will be lifted by the elevating apparatus.

Actuating devices for the carrier M are herein shown as provided, by means of a bevelgear m, upon the shaft m of the sprocketwheel M which bevel-gear intermeshes with a gear N upon a horizontal shaft N,mounted upon the dump-platform and provided with a sprocket-wheel N arranged to engage the chain belt G by means of which motion is transmitted to the elevator from the treatipower.

In cases where the bin is located at the side of the dump-platform the carrier-belt M may be arranged as shown in Fig. 15. In

this case a sprocket-wheel M is employed to sustain the end of the carrier-belt M nearest the elevator-boot, said sprocket-wheel being located within the hopper C, which latter is provided with an opening 0 for the passage of the carrier-belt. The said opening C will of course be closed when the carrier-belt'is taken out and the apparatus is in use for receiving grain from wagons. O is a trough, which in this case is located in position for the passage through it. of the upper part of the carrier-belt, said trough forming a continuation of the trough L in thesame manner as does the trough L (Shown in Fig. 13.)

In Figs. 16, 17, and 18 I have illustrated a construction in a tread-power having some advantages over those illustrated in Figs. 3 andS, together with a novel construction in movable guards adapted to beplaced at the i The tread-poWer shown in said Figs. 16,17,

and 18 is made as follows: is the endless belt or apron of the tread. said belt being supported upon sprocket-wheels P P, which are mounted upon shafts P P at opposite ends of the tread-power. The shafts P P are mounted in side bars P I, which are rigidly connected by cross-bars 1.) p, and are pivot-ally supported at the forward ends upon the platform in such manner that the rear end of th apron may be swung down below the level of the platform. Said side pieces P P may be pivotally supported in any suitable manner, as, for instance, by'means of hollow sleeves, affording bearings for the shaft P in the manner illustrated in Fig. 9. When the shaft and sprocket-wheels at the rear end only of the tread-power are dropped or lowered to give inclination to the workingsurface of the apronor endless belt, motion is transmitted from the tread-power "to the in any desired manner.

elevator by means of a sprocket wheel p upon the shaft P over which sprocket-wheel is placed a chain belt 19 arranged in the same manner as the chain belt G (Shown in Figs. 1 to 5.) In some instances the chain belt thus arranged will be slightly slackened when the wheel 1) is shifted up or down; but when the parts are arranged as illustrated the distance between the sprocket-wheels at opposite ends of said belt will remain practically the same when the tread-power is horizontal and inclined. IVhen the tread-power is pivotally supported at one end in the mannerlast above described, I preferably counterbalance the same in orderto enable it to be easily moved. I have shown in the drawings a counterbalance-weight Q, which consists of a receptacle filled with stones and supported upon arms Q Q, which are rigidly attached to side pieces P of the horse-power. For raising and lowering the moving end of the tread-power in this instance I provide a gear segment Q which engages with a pinion q, attached to a shaft Qiwhich shaft is mounted upon a platform below the tread-power, so that the gear-segment Q and adjacent parts may be entirely out of the way of horses or vehicles passing over the platform. To enable said shaft Q to be conveniently operated, I have herein shown a shaft Q provided with a crank q, as mounted upon a standard Q attached to the top of the platform in position convenient to be actuated by a person standing thereon, the shaft Q being provided with a sprocket-wheel g over which passes an endless belt g which also passes overa sprocket-wheel g upon the shaft Q Idlers g g serve to guide the belt (1 vertically downward from the sprocket-wheel to points beneath the floor of the platform.

The guards for confining'the horses in place upon the tread-power are constructed as follows: R R are two vertically-arranged or slightly-inclined gates or guards consisting of a rectangular frame-work made up of frame pieces and flat strips or boards secured thereto Said guards are connected at each end with rigid posts R R upon the dump-platform by means of horizontally arranged links 0 r, pivotally connected at their opposite ends with said posts and with the guards, the pivots being so arranged that the guards may be swung back against the posts and parallel with the sides of the dump, so as to be entirely out of the way of a wagon passing over the tread-power, as indicated in dotted lines in said Fig. 18,01 maybe thrown forward adjacent to the side of the treadpower, as illustrated in full lines in said Fig. 18 and in Fig. 17. The links 7 r are herein shown as connected by vertical pivots with the guards and with the posts R R; but the same general result may be obtained by links otherwise pivoted or arranged in case the links are adapted to sustain the guards in proper operative position and to allow the latter to be folded or thrust rearwardly or backwardly away from the tread-power to allow the passage of wagons past or over the same.

In Fig. 19 I have shown a combined dump and elevating device constructed in accordance with my invention as employed in connection with a corn-sheller, grain-cleaner, or other similar machine. In said figure, A is the dump-platform provided with dump-timbers, a tread-power, and grain-hopper, in the manner hereinbefore described. E is the elevator-belt; F, the spout receiving the grain from the belt; F, a grain-receptacle, and F a turn-spout connected therewith. S is a cornsheller, which is driven by means of a belt 5 on a pulley 3' upon the upper pulley-shaft of the elevator. S is the discharge-spout of the corn-sheller, which is arranged to discharge into a bin T. In the operation of the apparatus thus constructed a load of ear-corn from the wagon may be dumped into the hopper elevated, passed through the corn-she'lle'r, and delivered to the bin T. From the bin the shelled corn may be passed through a spout t to the same wagon from which the ear-corn was discharged; or the said binT may be a storage-bin arranged to discharge into railwaycars upon a neighboring track or elsewhere.

In other circumstances the discharge-spout S' of a corn-sheller arranged as described may discharge into a bin or receptacle such as is illustrated in Figs. 12,13, and 14, in which case the devices shown in the figures last mentioned may be employed at any subsequent time to remove the grain from. the bin and elevate it for the purpose of discharging the same into a wagon. railway-cars, or elsewhere.

The combined dump and elevator constructed and operated as herein set forth may be employed in other ways than in the particular ones mentioned to facilitate the handling of grain, as will readily suggest themselves in practice to the user of the apparatus.-

I claim as my invention 1. A dumping and elevating apparatus comprising a wagon-dump, a hopper located in position to receive material from a wagon upon the dump, an elevator adapted to re ceive material from the hopper, and a treadpower located in position to be operated by the horses attached to a wagon upon the dump and adapted to actuate the elevator, substantially as described.

2. A dumping and elevating apparatus comprising an elevated platform, a wagondump therein, ahopper located beneath the floor of the platform adjacent to the dump, an elevator adapted to receive material from the hopper, and a tread-power supported upon the platform and in position to be operated by the horses attached to a wagon upon the dump and adapted to actuate the elevator, substantially as described.

3. A dumping and elevating apparatus comprising a wagon-dump, a hopper located in position to receive material from a wagon upon the dump, an elevator adapted to receive material from the hopper, a tread-power for actuating the elevator located at a point in front of and adjacent to thedump and in position to be operated by the horses attached to a wagon upon the dump, and a second or auxiliary tread-power also adapted to actuate the elevator, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a dumping and elevating apparatus embracing a wagon dump, a hopper, airelevator located in position to be operated by the horses attached to a wagon upon the dump, and a tread-power, of a grain-bin having a conveyer extending from the lower part of the bin to the elevator, and operative connections between the treadpower and said conveyer, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a platform and wagon-dump therein, of an elevator, a treadpower for actuating the same mounted in the platform in position to be operated by the horses attached to the Wagon upon the dump and having pivotal connection with the latter, and means attached to the treadpower for adjusting the latter and holding the same at a desired angle, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a platform and wagon-dump therein, of an elevator, a tread-' power for actuatingthe same pivotally supported at one end upon the platform in position to be operated by the horses attached to a Wagon upon the dump, and a counterbalanceweight attached to the frame of the treadpower, substantially as described.

7. The combination,\vith a Wagon-dump and an elevator, of a tread-power located in position to be operated bythe horses attached to a wagon upon the dump, and which treadpower is pivotally supported at its forward end and provided at its rear end with ashaft provided with a sprocket-wheel, and a driving-belt trained over said wheel and the driving-pulley of the elevator, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with an elevated plat form, wagon-dump therein, an elevator, and a tread-power for actuating the same located upon the platform adjacent to the wagondump and in position to be operated by the horses attached to a wagon upon the dump, of movable guards located at the sides of the tread-power, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with an elevated platform, a wagon-dump therein, an elevatolg and a tread-power for actuating the same located adjacent to the wagon-dump and in position to be operated by the horses attached. to a wagon upon the dump, of guards located at the sides of the tread-power, stationary sup ports for said guards, and a plurality of pivoted links connecting the saidguards with the said supports, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, MARQUIS F. SEELEY.

Witnesses:

O. CLARENCE PooLE, E. B. ELLIAS. 

